“Think of it - I did not even exist”
First written and published in 1886 by Robert Louis Stevenson Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde has been an influential work in the horror genre. On an essay titled Diagnosing Jekyll: The Scientific Context to Dr. Jekyll’s Experiment and Mr. Hyde’s Embodiment by Robert Mighall he mentions how Robert had been deeply impressed by a paper he read in a french scientific Journal on the sub-consciousness which had given him the germ of the idea and he goes on in depth exploring different themes within and outside of the story making it more digestible after the read, highly recommend to checking it out.
Beautifully written classic, at times confusing since the evolution of the English language this was an interesting read. The book did not have a much of thrilling factor on me, which I believe is due to the technique being being copied and reused dozens of times on books that came after this one. Even though I had no idea what would happen in the novella word for word I obviously knew what I was getting into. Short, beautifully written classic for when your feeling it.